Suits
Swim suits saga 'needs urgent fixing'
Tom Wald Eamon Sullivan's long-time coach says swimming must roll back the clock on suit technology.
Swimming Australia wants new suits ban
Swimming Australia has asked the world governing body to cease approval of any further swimsuits.
Italians dig for truth over swim suits
Tom Wald The truth about the performance-enhancing impact of the controversial space-age swim suits is set to be revealed before the Beijing Olympics.
Popov rejects criticism of swim suits
Four-time Olympic gold medallist Alexander Popov has no sympathy with swimmers who blame their defeats on rivals wearing a high-tech suit.
Swimmers, not suits, behind record times
By Tom Wald World championships gold medallist Brenton Rickard has dismissed suggestions that a new swimsuit is behind the recent deluge of world records.
Times fall after new swim suits released
By Tom Wald Is it the new swim suits or swimmers getting serious in an Olympic year?
Swimming
Thorpe's desire questioned
Jon Pierik Head coach Leigh Nugent unsure whether Thorpe has determination needed to dominate.
Swim stars make waves in a high-tech costume drama
Samantha Lane They were designed to break world records, the key element of a 'revolutionary racing system' that would deliver gold medals.
Coach defends aid for Thorpe
Michael Cowley Australian swimming head coach Leigh Nugent has declared anyone who would begrudge the financial support being given to Ian Thorpe and fellow comeback swimmers Libby Trickett and Michael Klim to be...
Stars have earned assistance: Nugent
Michael Cowley Head coach Leigh Nugent has declared anyone who would begrudge the financial support being given to Ian Thorpe, Libby Trickett and Michael Klim to be an ''ungrateful Australian''.
Swimming
If suit comes up short, dump it: AOC
Samantha Lane Australian Olympic Committee offers athletes unprecedented rights to ditch the team sponsor and wear something else.
Olympic swimmers in battle over swimsuits
Samantha Lane A battle has erupted between two of the world's biggest swimsuit manufacturers.
Swimming
D'Arcy off to Games, this time for keeps
Stathi Paxinos FOR the second time in his career Nick D'Arcy last night gained Olympic selection. This time he intends to make sure he goes.
Magnussen makes statement in 100m freestyle
World champion James Magnussen delivered on his promise to make a statement to his international rivals, improving on the fastest ever 100m freestyle time in a textile suit in a stunning victory at...
Swimming
Magnussen talks the talk after impressive performance
Liam Fitzgibbon World champion James Magnussen predicted sleepless nights for his international rivals after he raised the bar again with his stunning 100 metres freestyle victory at the Olympic trials in Adelaide.
Swimsuit row on eve of Games
A new swimsuit war has broken out four months from the Olympics.
Olympics
Swimmers follow suit to reject new Speedo design
Georgina Robinson THERE'S no end in sight to the Speedo suit controversy plaguing the Australian swimming team and their chief sponsor, with just two swimmers willing to wear the Speedo product in its current form.
LZR world records need asterisk: Rose
Tom Wald Four-time Olympic champion Murray Rose says every world record set in the controversial high-tech swimsuits needs to have an asterisk attached to it.
FINA to research high-tech swimsuits
Andrew Dampf Swimming's world governing body FINA is requesting new research into the high-tech suits that have caused such a stir.
Hackett's body calls time on career
Grant Hackett has pulled down the curtain on one of Australia's greatest swimming careers to a standing ovation.
